Why Zonomi?

Bullet-proof reliability

Instant updates

When you change a DNS record each name server is updated immediately.
Unlike traditional name servers you do not need to wait minutes or hours for the change to propagate.

Easy to setup

Enter a name, an IP address, press a button and your DNS setup work is done. Save hours or
days setting up your own DNS service on your own servers. Or struggling with your domain registrar's user unintuitive interface.

Many domain owners run their own DNS, on the
server their DNS points to. If that server goes down, it then becomes
very time consuming to change your DNS to point anywhere else. So you
should always run your DNS on a different server than the one to which
it points to. The Zonomi name servers are spread around the globe (London, Dallas, New York and Auckland).
Making it tolerant to network or power failures in any one particular
data center.

Easy-to-use interface

Used by thousands of users on over 30 thousand domains.

Instant updates

Our name servers
are powered by PowerDNS, a very popular and powerful DNS product.
Rather than 'flat files', it can use a database back end. Making it
very efficient, capable of handling a huge number of domains and
responding instantly to DNS lookup queries. We use database replication
to propagate DNS record changes to all our name servers instantly.

Low TTLs, for when your details change often

Time-to-live (TTL) settings control how long a client
will cache your DNS records. Lower TTL values will enable you to change
your IP addresses more quickly. This is essential if you are using
techniques like DNS failover. Or if you are using a dynamic IP (e.g. a
IP dynamically assigned to you by your ISP) to host public service
(like a website)with a domain name.

Wildcard domain names

You can add in 'wildcard' records. Like *.example.com so that any sub-domain in
your domain zone can have an IP address.

No setup fees, contracts, or commitments

Sign up. Use the service. No obligation. Get free DNS
hosting for a few domains. Only provide credit card details or pay any
money if you need one of our higher end professional DNS hosting plans.

Pingability's
server monitoring service integrates with Zonomi so if a server fails it can automatically change your DNS to point to a different server.

Payment options

We accept credit card payments. A minimum 5.00 USD payment applies.

We accept Paypal payments as well.

We accept wire transfer payments for amounts over $300 (contact us for details).

Some credit card issuers may apply an optional issuer
surcharge/fee to transactions where the merchant is located outside the
country where the customer's credit card was issued. The surcharge is
typically 1-2% of the billed amount. Zonomi has no control over this.

We now have a Debian 8 image available for
new VM setups
and reinstalls.
There is a 64 bit image, and we have not done a 32 bit image. Most customers
are now ordering 64 bit distros. And some distros only come in a 64 bit flavor,
e.g. Centos 7.
Debian 8 is also an option for regular dedicated server setups.

On the
http://rimuhosting.com/cp/vps/kernel.jsp
page you can now select the 4.0 kernel for your VM. Includes: OverlayFS,
carries on with support required for Docker and SELinux, lots of new nf/eb
table options, openvswitch, nfs4 support and too many other new kernel
tweaks to mention. Plus newer, fresher kernel code with lots of fixes to
bugs (which likely are not affecting you).

We have only produced a 64 bit kernel this time around.
That should be fine even for 32 bit distros.

Dallas is our busiest location. We have many, many cabinets there filled with
wonderfully shiny servers (all black, as befits our Kiwi origins). That setup
has grown somewhat organically since 2005. Our core networking wiring was
starting to be a little scary. And network capacity (ports and bandwidth was
staring to be an issue).
So for our 10th year in Dallas we opted to rebuild our network from scratch.
Get new, faster networking gear; tidily re-cable everything with fiber;
simplify things as much as possible; and increase our uplink capacity.

Apache is probably the most common web service our customers use.
It is an amazingly powerful and mature tool for serving all your website needs.
And is very easy to get up and running with
Our team is often asked to tune apache to run more smoothly, more quickly, and more reliably.
With a few simple server side tweaks you can easily polish your server
till it is ready for ‘production’ use of your website.

As part of our mission to wipe the
‘ghost’ vulnerability
(CVE-2015-0235) from our customers servers we have created 'deghost'.
Deghost is a cross-distro script to determine the vulnerability of a libc
library on a server and then patch that where possible.

We are excited to announce that we now offer servers in Frankfurt, Germany.
This will be a great for users wanting a server central to the EU,
and complements the plans we already offer in London.
You can see more information about the data center at
http://rimuhosting.com/datacenters.jsp.